Agénor, Pierre-RichardCanuto, Otaviano2013-04-112013-04-112013-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13174This paper studies the long-run impact of policies aimed at fostering gender equality on economic growth in Brazil. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second part presents a gender-based, three-period OLG model that accounts for women's time allocation between market work, child rearing, human capital accumulation, and home production. Bargaining between spouses depends on relative human capital stocks, and thus indirectly on access to infrastructure. The model is calibrated and various experiments are conducted, including investment in infrastructure, conditional cash transfers, a reduction in gender bias in the market place, and a composite pro-growth, pro-gender reform program. The analysis showed that fostering gender equality, which may partly depend on the externalities that infrastructure creates in terms of women's time allocation and bargaining power, may have a substantial impact on long-run growth in Brazil.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONADOLESCENT FERTILITYADULT POPULATIONADVERSE EFFECTAGEDBARGAININGBARGAINING POWERBASIC HEALTH CAREBENCHMARKBENCHMARKSBONDSBUDGET CONSTRAINTSCHILD CARECHILD HEALTHCHILD LABORCHILD REARINGCLINICSCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPENSATING WAGE DIFFERENTIALSCOMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUMCOMPETITIVENESSCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALEDEATH RATEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISCOUNT RATEDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATORY PRACTICESDRIVERSDROPOUTEARLY RETIREMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC SURVEYSECONOMICS OF EDUCATIONEDUCATED MOTHERSELASTICITYEMPOWERMENTEQUILIBRIUMEXTERNALITIESEXTREME POVERTYFAMILIESFAMILY CONSUMPTIONFAMILY INCOMEFAMILY PREFERENCEFAMILY PREFERENCESFAMILY RESOURCESFAMILY ¯ PREFERENCEFEMALEFEMALE LABORFEMALE LABOR FORCEFEMALESFERTILITY RATEFISCAL POLICYGDPGENDER AWARENESSGENDER BIASGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAPSGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER ISSUESGENDER SENSITIVITYGROWTH POLICYGROWTH RATEHEALTH CAREHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SERVICESHOMEHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUSBANDSILLITERACYIMPACT OF POLICIESIMPACT ON HEALTHINCOME INEQUALITYINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL POLICYISOLATIONJOB TRAININGLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOR SUPPLYLABOURLABOUR MARKETLAMLAWSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLITERACY RATESMACROECONOMICSMALE PARTICIPATIONMARGINAL PRODUCTMARKET WAGEMARKET WAGESMARRIED COUPLESMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOMEDICAL FACILITIESMINIMUM WAGEMORTALITYMOTHERMOTHER TO CHILDNATIONAL PLANNUMBER OF ADULTSNUMBER OF BIRTHSNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF CHILDREN PER FAMILYNUMBER OF PEOPLENUTRITIONOLD AGEPARLIAMENTARY SEATSPOLICIES ON GENDERPOLICY ANALYSISPOLICY BRIEFPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOOR FAMILIESPOPULATION SIZEPREGNANCYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRODUCTION FUNCTIONPRODUCTIVITYPROFIT MAXIMIZATIONPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICESRATE OF GROWTHREAL GDPREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESPECTRETIREMENTROLE OF GENDERSAVINGSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESELF EMPLOYEDSEXSKILL LEVELSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL PROGRAMSSPOUSESTAX REVENUESTAXATIONTERTIARY EDUCATIONUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUTILITY FUNCTIONUTILITY FUNCTIONSWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWAGESWIFEWILLWIVESWOMANWORK FORCEWORKERSWORKFORCEWORKPLACEYOUNG CHILDRENWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6348